European Commission Directive proposal looks for balance

A new directive proposal from the European Commission looks to “find a balance between copyright holders’ right to control the content they own and the fair use rights of consumers. The most distinct aspect of the directive is that it lets file traders off the hook for criminal liability when they trade”. Although individual file-swappers cannot be harmed, services that make money off of copyrights, such as KaZaA, are “illegal and should be stopped”.

The Commission also concluded that “there is also evidence that counterfeiting and piracy are becoming more and more linked to organized crime and terrorist activities because of the high profits and, so far, the relatively low risks of discovery and punishment”.

• Article at MP3Newswire.net